The risk of transmission of many infectious diseases, including Herpes Simplex, is increased when infants are exposed to blood products from open sores, blisters, and/or cracked and bleeding skin that enter the 모유. Precautions need to be taken especially with infants under one year of age.1
If you have sores on your nipple, you should not breastfeed your baby on that breast. Pump or express your milk by hand from that breast until the sore is gone. Be sure the parts of your breast pump that touch the milk do not touch the sore while pumping and are thoroughly cleaned after usage. ACOG suggests that if this happens, the milk should be thrown away.2 Otherwise, expressed milk can be used because there is no concern about these infectious organisms passing through the milk.3
Please disclose any open lesions to the recipient and see a healthcare provider if there are any concerns and/or if this is a primary outbreak. Donors should also be aware of the fact that they may not know the status of their partner. Regular blood 상영 is recommended by milk banks. Recipients should be aware that they, too, can contaminate donor milk if they have any lesions on their bodies.
Please also see medication 그리고 open sores, blisters, and/or cracks on the skin.
참조하십시오How can breastmilk be pasteurized at home? for more information on heat-treating and 병원체.
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- CDC – Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV ↩︎
- ACOG – Genital Herpes ↩︎
- AAP. 2012. Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
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